Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2021 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 216.75. Average enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level and state or jurisdiction: 2019-20
State or jurisdiction Elementary Middle Secondary and high
All schools Regular schools1 All schools Regular schools1 All schools Regular schools1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
United States 456 459 599 605 693 820
Alabama 486 487 567 567 686 701
Alaska 321 322 430 430 389 493
Arizona 513 516 584 594 687 966
Arkansas 444 445 500 501 520 524
California 501 506 724 740 875 1,277

Colorado
412 412 531 535 637 748
Connecticut 396 396 557 557 813 842
Delaware 513 517 751 771 998 1,019
District of Columbia 389 389 332 332 488 529
Florida 637 643 877 893 977 1,440

Georgia
631 631 832 837 1,091 1,165
Hawaii 485 485 770 770 1,210 1,237
Idaho 371 372 561 586 466 639
Illinois 396 404 474 492 643 765
Indiana 454 454 619 619 838 852

Iowa
346 346 419 419 467 482
Kansas 328 329 426 426 439 441
Kentucky 457 463 616 626 558 882
Louisiana 477 478 516 518 720 745
Maine 249 249 387 387 451 455

Maryland
506 509 806 820 1,081 1,279
Massachusetts 405 405 579 581 811 833
Michigan 384 386 534 539 489 684
Minnesota 418 430 571 610 376 610
Mississippi 477 477 529 529 634 634

Missouri
346 347 496 497 521 527
Montana 169 170 149 149 248 251
Nebraska 299 299 460 460 392 394
Nevada 550 557 889 896 1,027 1,242
New Hampshire 283 283 393 393 557 557

New Jersey
428 431 613 615 858 1,066
New Mexico 342 344 390 394 444 514
New York 483 484 579 581 692 729
North Carolina 485 487 662 667 773 852
North Dakota 221 221 493 493 216 216

Ohio
430 430 516 517 609 616
Oklahoma 382 383 410 410 405 408
Oregon 371 372 562 562 632 692
Pennsylvania 466 466 634 634 815 825
Rhode Island 352 352 594 594 716 725

South Carolina
539 541 669 669 899 958
South Dakota 209 210 191 198 207 236
Tennessee 478 480 599 599 781 807
Texas 546 549 689 705 781 1,102
Utah 552 557 876 882 890 1,011

Vermont
232 232 315 315 485 494
Virginia 534 534 785 787 1,217 1,235
Washington 441 447 616 626 597 860
West Virginia 312 312 478 478 716 716
Wisconsin 349 349 400 401 477 537
Wyoming 227 228 337 337 320 339

Bureau of Indian
    Education
173 173 181 181 299 299

DoDEA2
--- --- --- --- --- ---

Other jurisdictions
           
American Samoa 294 294 615 674
Guam 506 506 808 808 1,314 1,507
Northern Marianas --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 302 302 329 329 496 467
U.S. Virgin Islands 384 384 564 564 863 863
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.
2 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: Average enrollment calculations include data only for schools reporting enrollments greater than zero. For the 50 states and the District of Columbia, enrollment data were available for 52,172 out of 52,322 public elementary schools, 16,195 out of 16,264 public middle schools, and 21,971 out of 23,529 public secondary and high schools in 2019-20. Prekindergartens and schools in the “Other, ungraded, not applicable/not reported” category are not shown in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2019-20. (This table was prepared November 2021.)

2021 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest